Explicit solutions for a SWCNT collapse

Archive of Applied Mechanics

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 767-776

  Liu, Jianlin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Collapsed shape; Critical radius; Deflection; Elastica; Transversatlity condition

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR SHAPE; CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; COLLAPSED SHAPE; CRITICAL LENGTH; CRITICAL RADIUS; ELASTICA; ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; ELLIPTICAL INTEGRALS; ENERGY FUNCTIONALS; EXPLICIT SOLUTIONS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; NANO-STRUCTURED; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; TRANSVERSALITY; TRANSVERSATLITY CONDITION;

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84861839102     PISSN: 09391533     EISSN: 14320681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00419-011-0589-x     Document Type: Article

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